Hello Again

Hello all, 

I previously was the owner of a 1.2 04 Fabia in black, it actually didn’t start after I left it out a bit so I scrapped it. Was busy with work and the car needed a suspension overhaul. 

Yesterday I picked up 'red bean’ with a cyl. misfire No.1 and water pump issue. It was running absolutely sh**e, barely going past 10mph and the owner said it was an accelerator cable issue, which we promptly shut down and explained what it really was.

I bought the car for a bargain.

Fixed it all roadside (new coil, water pump and belt) with a local mechanic in MK (he was so cool). Then, I drove it back to london purring as it should. All systems Green you could say. about 40-45mpg for the motorway journey to london.  I thought it's better to fix it in MK instead of towing it to London for 120+ and expensive labour (quoted £200 by a guy I know that has a garage)

Here is a photo of the new pickup . Full service history, loads of receipts, arguable the top 5 best documented 6y2 Fabia in London I would like to say. New Clutch, New AUX belt, tensioner, water pump, serpentine belt, bushings, rear discs and a few more so I was well surprised to see it go for sale for so low.

Red bean needs:

Electric window upgrade - manual sucks!

New key with central locking (using the spare) *

New key barrel for N/S door * SPINS IN POSITION...

Full service (pads, discs, plugs, oil, air and cabin filter) - nice way to bond with the car on a Sunday *

AC Regas and leak test (still blows cold just hissing)

Comfier seats, I always disliked these seats

New front and rear bumper, there’s another car on FB marketplace that i really want this one to look like, but I don’t think I’ll have my wheels that big (he put the VRS ones on). 

Deffo need a digital screen like the ripspeed one that folds out. 

Front and Rear bumper - present ones are cracked - Could I fit rear bumpers with parking sensors in*

All in all, the Skoda Fabia 1.2 HTP is so good, I bought it twice, and haven’t even bothered trying to find another car that is as well rounded as this beauty, wonderful engine sound in the first 3 gears, rolls well and is still a very good looking car in any city. 

Please welcome red bean to the forum and hopefully I can update as I  go along, and try not to make the same mistakes as I did when I was working on Spotnik HTP-04 a couple years ago.

* Urgent + advice needed, i.e; part numbers, youtube links, trusted garages in E. London. 

Photos attached:

Red Bean parked on my friend's drive after getting fixed and up to scratch.

Cyl. Misfire Code ( we took the coil from position 1 to 3 to test if the error code followed the faulty ignition coil, which it did as we can see here)

Last photo is a general look of what I’d like the car to look like while it’s here in London. No VW wheels tho, probably Skoda Alloys they were nice.